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Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The occasion promised much. The Portland Timbers, back at home after two weeks away, squaring up for the first time to MLS’ newest club — high-flying expansion side Atlanta United — for a nationally televised Mother’s Day tilt. In the end, though, the game sizzled more than it popped. Atlanta was slick […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Atlanta United entered Major League Soccer with more fanfare than any club in league history, and they’ve started their inaugural season in style: averaging more than 50,000 fans per game at Bobby Dodd Stadium, and playing some of the most exciting soccer in the league. On Sunday afternoon, Atlanta makes its second […]

Portland Timbers After a two months filled with strong, skillful performances, the Portland Timbers threw up a stinker on Saturday night at Avaya Stadium: Losing 3-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes in a game that was never truly contested. It’s usually a bad sign when the opposing center back has two assists, and this one […]

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports The Portland Timbers make their first trip to the Bay Area in over a year to take on the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at Avaya Stadium (7:30 PM, TV on KPDX). The Timbers, after drawing undefeated FC Dallas last weekend in Frisco, sit in second place the Western Conference […]

Portland Timbers If not for a moment of magic from Maxi Urruti and a late slip from Alvas Powell, the Portland Timbers might have handed FC Dallas their first defeat of the 2017 MLS season. In a game billed as a clash between the Western Conference’s two best teams, it was the Timbers who came […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers On Saturday night in Frisco, the Portland Timbers will face their toughest test yet in 2017: A match against FC Dallas, the defending Supporters’ Shield champions and the league’s only unbeaten club, without Diego Valeri (5:00 PM, TV on ROOT Sports). Valeri will miss his first game of the season with a […]

Brooklyn Digital Foundry/Portland Timbers One of the great soccer stadiums in North America is about to get a significant upgrade. The Portland Timbers unveiled on Wednesday their plan to add 4,000 seats to Providence Park with a massive, four-teared expansion of the stadium’s east side. The $50 million privately-financed project could, pending City approval, be […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers It was Darlington Nagbe’s afternoon. Every once in a while, the Timbers’ mild-mannered midfielder checks into a gear that most players can only marvel at — and the result this time was a goal not twenty minutes into a Cascadia Cup clash against the Vancouver Whitecaps that has been and will be […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Last Saturday, the Portland Timbers faced their toughest test of the 2017 season against Sporting Kansas City — and were handed a lesson in a 1-0 defeat. This Saturday, the Timbers — minus a suspended Fanendo Adi — will look to get back to their winning ways as the Vancouver Whitecaps make […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers During the Caleb Porter era, no team has played the Portland Timbers tighter at Providence Park than has Sporting Kansas City. Sporting has won here in 2011, 2014, and 2015. As we well know, they came within a post of knocking the Timbers out of the playoffs here two years ago. In […]

Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers After three straight games against Eastern Conference opponents, the Portland Timbers face a crucial early-season stretch with four straight games against teams from the West — starting with a clash against frequent rival Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night at Providence Park (7:30 PM, TV on KPDX). It will be a compelling […]

Portland Timbers It was the 88th minute on Saturday night in Chester, Pennsylvania, and Fanendo Adi was squaring up to a penalty kick to break a tie with John Bain and become the Portland Timbers’ greatest goalscorer of all-time. Adi, facing reigning MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Andre Blake in the Philadelphia Union goal, slotted […]